Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

punh - (v.) gather
pupa - (n.) forefather
puppululh tuknak fung , reket - (n.) racket
pupuhlut , tutuhlut , zunthil - (n.) bladder
pura - (n.) pagoda
purh , thukpi in kawl - (v.) probe
purphiar - (v.) to buy grains from other villages in times of poverty and famine
put , pu - (v.) bear, carry - Example: It takes two men to bear that stone = Khi lung put khawhnak ah khin mi pahnih a herh
put , pu - (v.) bring - Example: Bring here a pen = Cafung pakhat in rak pu
put , pu - (v.) hold - Example: Please hold this book = Hi cauk hi rak pu ta
put , rit ngaiin hnuh - (v.) lug
puttinan - (n.) mint (herb)
putu - (n.) father-in-law and son-in-law - Example: Both father-in-law and son-in-law have gone = An putu in an kal
putu - (n.) carrier, the one who brings - Example: Who is the one who brought the letter? = Ahodah ca putu cu a si?
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ra - (n.) sulphur bean
ra - (adj.) dazzled with sunlight - Example: My eyes are dazzled with sunlight = Ka mit a ra
ra-hang - (n.) fermented juice of sulphur beans
ra , rat , hika ah hin ra - (v.) come - Example: Please come her = Hika a hin ra tuah
ra , vahnak nam saupi hlok saupi a ngeimi - (n.) scythe
raak - (v.) shout at somebody, jure, threaten
raak - (v.) cry in anguish and fear - Example: The child is afraid and cries = Ngakchia a thin a phang i a raak
raang - (adj.) white - Example: He puts on a white shirt = Angki raak a hruk
radio - (n.) wireless
radio chuahnak tahning - (n.) short wave
radio hri zammi - (n.) aerial
radio in biachim, thanh - (v.) broadcast
radio ngaih - (v.) tune in - Example: Tune in to the Voice of America = VOA kha ngai
rai - (n.) pestilence - Example: Smallpox and cholera are pestilences = Ralse le ngaleo cu rai an si
rai - (adj.) pregnant - Example: Our mare is pregnant = Kan rangpi a rai
rai - (n.) demon
rai biaknak , khuachia biaknak - (n.) animism
rai i thawi , hlawt , ngol - (v.) sacrifice
rai , rei - (v.) gnaw a hole (as rat)
raibia - (n.) animists
raifanh si - (n.) malaria medicine
raifanh si a kha ngaimi - (n.) quinine
raifanh zawtnak - (n.) malaria - Example: Malaria is prevalent in Myanmar = Kawlram ah raifanh a tam
raih - (v.) impregnate, cause to conceive
raise khan si chunh - (v.) vaccinate
raise khan si chunhnak - (n.) vaccination
raise zawtnak - (n.) smallpox
raise zawtnak nih cuar bo hrethrut in a tuahmi - (n.) pock
raite - (n.) lime
raite hang le thanthling cawhmi - (n.) lemonade
raite kung - (n.) lime tree
raite , ser - (n.) lemon
raithawi - (v.) sacrifice, pacify the angry spirit who causes sickness
raithawinak ca i thahmi sa , rawhnak le thihnak a ingmi - (n.) victim
raithawinak , hawi dang zawnruah ruang i mah nih harnak le fahnak inmi - (n.) sacrifice
rak - (adv.) imperative - Example: Bring the book here. - You go ahead = Cauk kha rak pu. - Rak kal
rak - (adv.) indicator of past tense - Example: I bought this pony last year = Nikum ah hi rang hi ka rak cawk
rak bawh , a thli tein bawh ziar - (v.) lurk
rak chawnh , biakchawnh - (v.) greet
rak chimchungnak - (n.) forecast
rak co kanh - (v.) preoccupy - Example: Our favorite seats were preoccupied = Thutnak kan duhmi kha an kan co kanh
rak hmuh cia lomi - (adj.) unforeseen
rak hmuhchung - (v.) foresee
rak hmuhtonmi le cu hmuhtonnak thawngin hngalhnak hmuhmi a ngei lomi - (adj.) inexperienced
rak hmuhtonmi le cu hmuhtonnak thawngin hngalhnak hmuhmi a ngei lomi - (n.) inexperience
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